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1993
Delacre, Lulu
Vejigante = Masquerader
RESUMEN: A pesar de los pronosticos, un ni~no puertorrique~no ingenioso logra hacer un dizfraz para llevar al Carnaval. SUMMARY: Against all odds, a resourceful Puerto Rican boy manages to get a costume together for Carnival.
1 v. 1993
Spanish Children's Fiction Book DELACRE
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1996
Garza, Carmen Lomas
In My Family = En Mi Familia
RESUMEN: La autora describe como era crecer en una comunidad mexicanoamericana en Kingsville, Texas, cerca de la frontera con Mexico. SUMMARY: The author describes her experiences growing up in a Mexican American community in Kingsville, Texas, near the border with Mexico.
1 v. 1996
Spanish Children's Nonfiction Book 305.868 G
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1996
Martinez, Victor
Parrot in the Oven : Mi Vida
Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Chicano family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.
216 p. 1996
Teen Fiction Book MARTINEZ
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1997
Jimenez, Francisco
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
116 p. 1999
Teen Fiction Book JIMENEZ
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1997
Hanson, Regina
The Face at the Window
When Dora goes to take a mango from Miss Nella's tree, she is frightened by the woman's strange behavior.
32 p. 1997
Easy Picture Book HANSON
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1998
Ancona, George
Barrio: Jose's Neighborhood
Presents life in a barrio in San Francisco, describing the school, recreation, holidays, and family life of an eight-year-old boy who lives there.
1 v. 1998
Children's Nonfiction Book 301.45168 A
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1998
Carling, Amelia Lau
Mama and Papa Have a Store
From the clip, clop of the milkman's mule in the early morning to the clic, clac of her father's abacus at night, a young girl tells about a day in her family's store and home in Guatemala City. She even tells about her dance celebrating the close of the day.
1 v. 1998
Easy Picture Book CARLING
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1999
Herrera, Juan Felipe
CrashBoomLove
After his father leaves home, sixteen-year-old Cesar Garcia lives with his mother and struggles through the painful experiences of growing up as a Mexican American high school student.
ix, 155 p. 1999
Teen Fiction Book HERRERA
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2000
Joseph, Lynn
The Color of My Words
When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better -- until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.
138 p. 2000
Children's Fiction Book JOSEPH
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2000
Skarmeta, Antonio
The Composition
Students in nine-year-old Pedro's class are asked by representatives of a military dictatorship to write compositions about what they and their families do after school and in the evening.
[33] p. 2000
Children's Fiction Book SKARMETA
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2001
Argueta, Jorge
A Movie in My Pillow
31 p. 2001
Spanish Easy Nonfiction Book 861.64 Ar38
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2001
Jimenez, Francisco
Breaking Through
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
195 p. 2001
Teen Fiction Book JIMENEZ
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2002
Alvarez, Julia
Before We Were Free
In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
167 p. 2002
Teen Fiction Book ALVAREZ
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2003
Ortiz Cofer, Judith
The Meaning of Consuelo
185 p. 2003
Adult Fiction Book ORTIZ COF
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2003
Morales, Yuyi
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
In this version of a traditional tale, Se~nor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle's door, ready to take her to the next life, but after helping her count, in English and Spanish, as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind.
1 v. 2003
Storytime 511 M
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2004
Brown, Monica
My Name is Celia = Me Llamo Celia
RESUMEN: La historia de la vida de Celia Cruz, cantante cubana, narrada por su punto de vista. SUMMARY: The story of the life of Cuban singer Celia Cruz, told from her point of view.
1 v. 2004
Spanish Children's Nonfiction Book 921 C8885
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2004
Saenz, Benjamin Alire
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
As a Chicano boy living in the unglamorous town of Hollywood, New Mexico, and a member of the graduating class of 1969, Sammy Santos faces the challenges of gringo racism, unpopular dress codes, the Vietnam War, barrio violence, and poverty.
291 p. 2004
Teen Fiction Book SAENZ
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2005
Herrera, Juan Felipe
Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box
Yolanda, a Puerto Rican girl, tries to come to terms with her painful past as she waits to see if her uncle recovers from injuries he suffered when the towers collapsed on September 11, 2001.
164 p. 2005
Teen Fiction Book HERRERA
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2006
Engle, Margarita
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
Juan Francisco Manzano was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slaveowners in Cuba. He spent his early years at the side of his owner's wife, entertaining her friends. His poetry was his outlet, reflecting the beauty and cruelty of his world. Written in verse.
183 p. 2006
Children's Nonfiction Book 921 M3195
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2007
Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer
Josias, Hold the Book
Each day Chrislove asks his friend Josias when he will hold the book, or join them at school, but Josias can only think of tending the bean garden so that his family will have enough food.
2006
Easy Picture Book ELVGREN
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